The World in a Teacup: Tracing the Global Journey of Tea

When: Sat., March 1, 1-5 p.m. 2008

Soothing
and sparking countless millions of drinkers for hundreds of years, tea is one of
history's most popular and influential beverages. At the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology
in UC Berkeley's Kroeber Hall, "The
World in a Teacup:
Tracing the Global Journey of Tea" is a four-hour event featuring vendors,
samples, gift bags, and experts discussing the cultivation, production,
preparation, consumption, and marketing of tea around the world. A panel
discussion takes place across the street at the Bancroft Hotel.(Tickets
are $20; for details, call 510-643-7649.) 1 p.m. HearstMuseum.Berkeleyberkeley.edu